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Kollam

Kollam

Kollam, previously Quilon, is a city in southern , . West and slightly north of the town some 5 kilometres lies a beach, on the north end of which are various European colonial-era relics, including the ruins of a fort and a few churches.
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  • Type: City with 367,000 residents
  • Description: City in Kerala, India
  • Also known as: “Coilum”, “Coylan”, “Coylang”, “Desinganadu”, “Kollam, India”, “Kollam, Kerala”, “Kullamalai”, “Land of Cashewnuts”, and “Tarshish”
  • Historically known as: “Quilon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kollam Junction and Kollam Beach.

Railway station
railway station is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone.) It is a junction station situated in the city of Kollam in , India.

Beach
Photo: Surajram Kumaravel, CC BY 2.0.
, also known as Mahatma Gandhi Beach, is a beach at Kollam city in the Indian state of . is the first 'Beach Wedding Destination' in Kerala.

Shopping center
Photo: Arunvrparavur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a shopping mall in the city of Kollam, Kerala, owned by one of the business tycoons in India, B. Ravi Pillai's RP Group. The Mall is located on Kollam's high street.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Asramam and Andamukkam.

Suburb
Photo: Arunvrparavur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Ashramam is one of the prime locations in Kollam city of , . It is one among the 55 wards of Kollam Municipal Corporation. is a notable place in the city because of the presence of old airport, public/private institutions…

Suburb
Photo: Arunvrparavur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Aandamukkam is a neighbourhood of Kollam city in , . It is a part of Downtown Kollam. is one of the prime commercial centres of Kollam city, which was once the most important port city of India.

Suburb
Photo: Kumbalam, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Thangassery is a heavily populated beach area on the shores of the Arabian Sea in Kollam city, , India.

Kollam

Latitude
8.8871° or 8° 53′ 13″ north
Longitude
76.5907° or 76° 35′ 26″ east
Population
367,000
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IN QUI
Open location code
6JWRVHPR+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245582090
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1259091
Wiki­data ID
Q321475
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kollam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كولام”
  • Aragonese: “Kollam”
  • Asturian: “Kollam”
  • Basque: “Kollam”
  • Bengali: “কোল্লম”
  • Bhojpuri: “कोल्लम”
  • Bishnupriya: “কোল্লাম”
  • Catalan: “Desinganadu”
  • Catalan: “Kollam”
  • Catalan: “Kol·lam”
  • Catalan: “Quilon”
  • Cebuano: “Kollam”
  • Chinese: “Kollam”
  • Chinese: “俱兰”
  • Chinese: “俱蘭”
  • Chinese: “奎隆”
  • Chinese: “小葛兰”
  • Chinese: “故临”
  • Chinese: “故臨”
  • Czech: “Kollam”
  • Danish: “Kollam”
  • Dutch: “Kollam”
  • Dutch: “Quilon”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كولام”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينه كولام”
  • Esperanto: “Kolamo”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Kollam”
  • Finnish: “Kollam”
  • French: “Kollam”
  • French: “Quilon”
  • Georgian: “კოლამი”
  • German: “Kollam”
  • German: “Quilon”
  • Greek: “Κολλάμ”
  • Gujarati: “કોલ્લમ”
  • Hebrew: “וקולאם”
  • Hebrew: “כולאם”
  • Hindi: “कॊल्लम”
  • Hindi: “कॊल्लम्”
  • Hindi: “कोल्लम”
  • Hungarian: “Kollam”
  • Indonesian: “Kollam”
  • Irish: “Kollam”
  • Italian: “Kollam”
  • Japanese: “コーラム”
  • Japanese: “コッラム”
  • Kannada: “ಕೊಲ್ಲಂ”
  • Kashmiri: “کولام”
  • Korean: “콜람”
  • Korean: “퀼론”
  • Ladin: “Kollam”
  • Latvian: “Kolama”
  • Literary Chinese: “俱蘭”
  • Lithuanian: “Kolamas”
  • Macedonian: “Килон”
  • Macedonian: “Колам”
  • Maithili: “कोल्लम”
  • Malagasy: “Kollam”
  • Malay: “Kollam”
  • Malayalam: “കശുവണ്ടി വ്യവസായത്തിന്റെ ഈറ്റില്ലം”
  • Malayalam: “കൊല്ലം നഗരം”
  • Malayalam: “കൊല്ലം”
  • Malayalam: “ക്വയ്‍ലോൺ”
  • Malayalam: “താർഷിഷ്”
  • Malayalam: “ദേശിംഗനാട്”
  • Malayalam: “വേണാട്”
  • Marathi: “कोल्लम”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kollam”
  • Nepali: “कोल्लम”
  • Newari: “कोल्लम”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kollam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Quilon”
  • Norwegian: “Kollam”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kollam”
  • Oriya: “କୋଲ୍ଲମ”
  • Oriya: “କୋଲ୍ଲାମ୍”
  • Pampanga: “Kollam”
  • Persian: “کولام”
  • Polish: “Kollam”
  • Polish: “Quilon”
  • Portuguese: “Coulão”
  • Portuguese: “Kollan”
  • Portuguese: “Quilon”
  • Russian: “Квилон”
  • Russian: “Коллам”
  • Sanskrit: “कोल्लम्”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱚᱞᱞᱟᱢ”
  • Serbian: “Kolam”
  • Serbian: “Kollam”
  • Serbian: “Колам”
  • Sinhala: “කොල්ලම්”
  • Slovenian: “Kollam”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کولام”
  • Spanish: “Kollam”
  • Swedish: “Desinganadu”
  • Swedish: “Kollam”
  • Swedish: “Quilon”
  • Tamil: “கொல்லம்”
  • Telugu: “కొల్లాం”
  • Thai: “โกลลัม”
  • Turkish: “Kollam”
  • Ukrainian: “Коллам”
  • Urdu: “کولام”
  • Urdu: “کولم”
  • Venetian: “Kollam”
  • Vietnamese: “Kollam”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kollam”
  • Western Panjabi: “کولام”
  • Yue Chinese: “故臨”
  • “कोल्लम”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Kollam”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.